Stranded (ON HOLD AND INCOMPLETE)

Chapter 8

Three days later, it's still raining. After the first day, Corey and I had some stupid fight, and I don't even remember what it was about!! It caused him to sit outside for a little over an hour. When he came back in, he was so cold and soaking wet, and it took forever for him to warm up.

"Leila..." Corey whispers.

"Listen..."

I bring my face off the pillow and sit upright.

"It stopped!!!" I shout. "It stopped! It stopped! It stopped!" I limp around chanting. My foot is bruised, but feeling better. Corey says I'll be back to walking normally in no time.

"Come on Corey!! We have to go outside!!!" I tug arm and limp towards the door.

"Leila, wait!!" He calls, but it's too late.

I put my foot out the door and suddenly...

SPLASH!!

I fall in.

I kick my legs frantically. "HELP!!" I shout when my head resurfaces, only to see Corey jumping in the pool of water.

He laughs and swims over to me. "You know you can just stand up, right?" I stand, pout at him and splash his face. He scrunches in his nose like he tasted something sour.

"This water tastes gross..." he says. "You aren't supposed to drink it, stupid!!" I laugh and splash him again.

"IT'S ON!!" He shouts and splashes me back.

After our big water fight, we decide to get out of the pool and get some food.

We haven't eaten for all those days we've been inside the shack, so we are SUPER hungry. As we walk around Corey's site, I notice that the pool isn't really a puddle, but the pit that's in front of the hut is full of water.

"Has it done that before?" I ask Corey.

"Yeah, but it doesn't stay that long. Maybe about one or two days." He says matter-of-factly.

"Oh." I say with a sigh. "I wish it would stay longer..." I am about to continue but Corey cuts me off with a laugh.

"If it stayed longer, we'd be swimming every time we want to go out of the hut!!" he says.

"I guess..." I am about to say more, but stop. I press my lips together and turn my head to look at him. "Have you seriously been alone for all these years?" I ask.

"No." Corey replies.

I can't help it, I widen my eyes and drop my jaw.

Maybe he isn't the only other person here after all...

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Cliff hanger!!! I'm sorry I'm really bad at them. 😝

Thanks for continuing to read my book!!!

I think I might write the end of this book and then make a second one called "Rescue", but I'm not gonna spoil it!!

Please comment any other ideas!!

Thank you!!

Abby :)